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IDC, “Forecasting Total Cost of Ownership for Initial Deployment of Server
Blades”, June 2006.
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Sine Nomine Associates, “A Comparison of HP BladeSystem with Thermal
Logic Technologies to Competitive Systems”, February 2007.
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Comparing all cable requirements of 16 c-Class server blades versus 16
standard 1U servers.
Figure 1. BladeSystem basics
Simplify and transform your infrastructure into something more useful to your business.
A BladeSystem is an Fill it with blades of all In thousands of combinations To deliver vital business
1 infrastructure in a box 2 types, shapes and sizes 3 to run what you run today 4 solutions and services
For 40 years, infrastructures were built the same way— 2. Time: BladeSystem increases administrator produc-
lots of boxes, connected with lots of wires and tivity up to tenfold for many common IT tasks—such
maintained with lots of people. In the meantime, as deployment, patching and recovery.
business expectations of technology changed. How we do it: A simple, modular design and useful
Problems came from the way infrastructures were built, features help save administrators’ time, speed
the silos they created and the complex processes deployment and simplify maintenance tasks.
needed to maintain them. The bigger the infrastructure,
3. Change: BladeSystem lets you add, replace, move
the bigger the pain.
or recover blades and virtual servers in minutes
“Today, with the help of HP BladeSystem helps ease the pain. Around the world, instead of days or weeks, without involving lots of
the HP BladeSystem, leading companies use HP BladeSystem technology to administrators.
VMware and HP build a stronger IT foundation for their business. How we do it: The all-in-one design speeds solution
Virtualization integration, growth and recovery time. Useful fea-
Management software, BladeSystem basics tures like hot plug devices, Onboard Administrator
we are actually delivering A BladeSystem is simply a smarter way to build an and Virtual Connect make staff more responsive to
more servers for less infrastructure that supports the vital applications your both unexpected and planned changes.
money to our internal business requires—with fewer wires, lower electric bills 4. Energy: BladeSystem uses 30 percent less power per
customers. If we had to do and none of the headaches from the choices you have server than Dell 1U servers5 and pushes 47 percent
that a few years ago, I’m today. BladeSystem helps you save time and money. less air for the HVAC system to cool6.
not sure how we would You can reinvest savings back into your business. With
have managed it.” How we do it: Thermal Logic technologies efficiently
a streamlined foundation in place, you can deliver top
Dean Buker, Manager, allocate power and cooling and provide consistent
line business results to grow faster, get to market quickly
Network and Systems, availability of all systems inside the enclosure.
and empower your employees, partners and customers.
Polaris Intelligent monitoring and hundreds of internal
No one knows exactly where their business will be sensors help regulate power usage and the thermal
tomorrow. But wherever you take it, the HP impact on your larger environment.
BladeSystem will be ready when you get there.
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Based on HP comparison Internet list price of 320 ProLiant BL460c blades
Top four reasons to buy a BladeSystem versus 320 ProLiant BL360 servers with identical configurations and Ethernet
and Fibre Channel network infrastructure.
HP BladeSystem eases many of the infrastructure pains 5
Sine Nomine Associates, “A Comparison of HP BladeSystem with
you feel around cost, time, change and energy. ThermalLogic Technologies to Competitive Systems”, February 2007.
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1. Cost: BladeSystem is up to 42 percent less expensive HP BladeSystem TCO tool calculation with 64 BL460c versus 64 ProLiant
DL360.
to buy than standard infrastructures.4
How we do it: BladeSystem is consolidated by
design and multiple server and storage blades can
share or reduce resources—such as fans, cables,
network switches and power supplies.
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Meet the portfolio
Management modules
Built-in interfaces provide Enclosures Services
assistance at every step and HP Services and partners help you realize
BladeSystem comes in two sizes
powerful management software the full potential of your technology and
for different-sized environments.
helps increase productivity. keep your environment up and running.
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HP BladeSystem enclosures
In either enclosure, we can build custom, integrated solutions shipped fully-configured in one box from
HP Factory Express or your local reseller, that are ready to plug in and let you get back to work.
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Sine Nomine Associates, “A Comparison of HP BladeSystem with Thermal
Logic Technologies to Competitive Systems”, February 2007.
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Become change-ready with To grow your business
OpSource: With the low cost and simple configuration
HP Virtual Connect of the HP BladeSystem, OpSource was able to cost-
Virtual Connect makes it faster and easier to deploy effectively expand their Software as a Service (SaaS)
a new server or connect to a network or SAN, using business model to smaller opportunities with an
fewer administrators and resulting in fewer cables and incubator program.
switches to manage.
To support your business
• Simplify networks: reduce your cables 94 percent9 Parts Now!: “We’re a 100 percent in-house sales
without adding switches to manage company, so our infrastructure is crucial. If our servers
• Simplify server connections: separate your server should happen to go down at a key time during the
LAN and SAN management and free administrators day, we could lose anywhere between $100,000 to
from the time-consuming demands of server changes $200,000 per hour. Our server environment is crucial,
• Change servers in minutes, not days: wire-once and and I’ve been fortunate that the system hasn’t been
add, replace and recover servers without affecting down for more than an hour since June of 1999.”
LANs or SANs —Joe Dempich, Director of IT, Parts Now!
• Reduce the time needed for many common IT tasks To secure your business
by up to 90 percent10 Agricore United: Implemented a low-cost, disaster
• Remotely access iLO 2 controllers built into each recovery solution with VMware and BladeSystem to
server blade through one link support 300 sites across three time zones. “HP enabled
us to reduce our annual IT budget by over $300,000
• Control the infrastructure from end-to-end with built-in
while providing a truly state-of-the-art disaster recovery
automation, a wizard-driven interface and single
solution. We knew we could build a better DR environ-
sign-on, role-based security
ment, and with HP’s help, that’s exactly what we
• Get system health and performance monitoring, have.” —Guy Wood, VP, Management Information
simple provisioning and recovery, and vulnerability Systems, Agricore United
scanning and patching
Follow these links to see more examples of how
How are blades used now? businesses use BladeSystem,
www.hp.com/enterprise/bladesystem/customervideos
There are many reasons you might need new server, and www.hp.com/enterprise/bladesystem/casestudies.
storage or network equipment. In big data centers,
BladeSystem offers a common, shared infrastructure 9
Comparing all cable requirements of 16 c-Class server blades versus 16
that can support multiple types of ProLiant and Integrity standard 1U servers.
servers and support different OSs and applications in IDC, “Forecasting Total Cost of Ownership for Initial Deployment of Server
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one box so you can react quickly without losing pro- Blades”, June 2006.
ductivity. Large online environments, clusters and virtual
environments all benefit from the lower cost, fewer
cables and improved power and cooling capabilities
of BladeSystem.
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Busting the blade myths Why HP?
A lot has changed about blades since their introduction Infrastructure is at the heart and soul of HP. The
by HP in 2000. In 2006, HP BladeSystem c-Class BladeSystem brings 60 years of hardware, software
portfolio completely changed the industry. Yet many and service expertise into one architecture and applies
myths remain. it to your individual business problems. The DNA of
our outstanding product lines are built directly into the
Myth Why it’s wrong
HP BladeSystem. We also take the most useful capabil-
Blades are too By sharing more components and eliminating
ities invented for BladeSystem and integrate them back
expensive. many others such as wires, fans and power
supplies, blades are up to 42 percent less into our traditional product lines, so everything from
expensive to buy than comparable rack servers.11 HP truly works better together—just as you expect it to.
Blades only include HP offers many types of blades including server
servers. blades, PC and workstation blades, as well as We bring together the best from outside HP, too.
disk, tape, NAS and SAN storage blades. Through the HP Solution Builder program, hundreds
Blades are only for The smaller, versatile BladeSystem c3000 was of companies build innovative technologies and create
big data centers. built for small rooms not originally designed for
solutions exclusively for the HP BladeSystem. This
lots of servers and storage. It includes simple
management tools along with efficient cooling means you can connect to the networks and storage
and power that plugs into a standard outlet. you use now, rely on the standards you’re familiar
Blades need too much With a pioneering design and Thermal Logic with, and run the same operating systems and
power and cooling. technologies, HP blades use up to 30 percent less applications you run today.
power, generate less heat and push less hot air
into the data center to lower the stress on air
For more than 11 years in a row, HP servers have been
conditioners.12
the most popular servers in the world13, and for even
Blades are not as HP blades have the same powerful features found
powerful as rack on traditional ProLiant and Integrity servers, longer, HP has sold more storage and data protection
servers. including memory, I/O, expansion and hot plug solutions worldwide than anyone else14. Other blade
storage; but in a smaller size.
designs cut features to try to save things like space or
Blades are not a good With Virtual Connect and built-in Virtual Machine power or push a “one-size-fits-all” solution. Some offer
platform for Management, plus high-performance networking
virtualization. and redundancy across the system, blades are a limited choices of servers, storage, networking or
powerful and efficient platform for virtualization. software compatibility. Even though our blades offer
more memory, network performance and proven fea-
tures such as hot plug disk drives, we get more into
each enclosure. The HP BladeSystem infrastructure is
a better choice to simplify your infrastructure.
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Based on HP comparison Internet list price of 320 ProLiant BL460c blades
versus 320 ProLiant BL360 servers with identical configurations and Ethernet
and Fibre Channel network infrastructure.
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Sine Nomine Associates. "Comparison of HP BladeSystem with Thermal Logic
Technologies to Competitive Systems". February 2007.
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Source: IDC, Q406 Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, February 2007.
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Source: IDC, Q107 Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, May 2007.
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Solution Blocks take out the HP service partners
guesswork From preliminary assessment and planning through
delivery, integration, and ongoing support, HP and
HP offers BladeSystem Solution Blocks that deliver proven
HP Service partners have the specialized expertise to
application solutions to simplify nearly any environment.
assist your team. HP Factory Express services speed
Solution Blocks cut the time and effort needed to
implementation with plug-and-play blade solutions
create, combine and upgrade business solutions on
that are pre-integrated and configured to your specifi-
a BladeSystem. These application solutions include:
cations. And HP offers comprehensive porting and
• A range of pre-tested and qualified Solution Blocks migration services to ease the move from proprietary
of common applications like e-mail, disaster systems to a Microsoft or Linux blade environment.
recovery, ERP, CRM, business intelligence and more
HP can help you make the most of your people,
• Toolkits with easy-to-use guides and deployment
processes, and systems through comprehensive
scripts to quickly configure and deploy a set of inter-
services for IT consolidation—from assessment and
related business applications on BladeSystem
planning to implementation. Get your BladeSystem
• Flexibility to configure and combine different Solution solution up and running rapidly with HP Installation
Blocks in one box to build customized solutions of and Startup Service for HP BladeSystem Infrastructure
inter-related applications consistently and quickly and ongoing care with hardware and software
Modular and expandable by design, Solution Blocks support, helping to deliver increased uptime and
make it easy to add or expand business applications productivity for ongoing support of HP BladeSystem
without extra planning, wiring and configuring. environments. HP Education Services offers targeted
training that equips your IT team to smoothly deploy an
Our partner community HP BladeSystem infrastructure, streamline technology
The HP BladeSystem Solution Builder Program is a migration and shorten your time to ROI.
global community of technology and service delivery
providers who collaborate with HP and one another to
define, deliver and deploy customer solutions built for
HP BladeSystem.
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The smartest way to invest in IT
HP Services
Not every technology acquisition has to be a tradi-
tional cash-and-carry transaction. HP Financial Services HP Care Pack services for BladeSystem are easy-to-buy, useful
packaged services that extend and enhance the warranty coverage on
offers a variety of customized leasing and financing your HP BladeSystem solution.
options to make your HP BladeSystem purchase painless
To help deliver speedy project implementation, fast problem resolution
and keep your technology expenditures in line with and ongoing system performance optimization, we developed a
your overall budget. For more information, visit portfolio of HP Care Pack services to support the full lifecycle of your
BladeSystem solution. Service options include:
www.hp.com/financialservices.
• Installation and Startup for HP BladeSystem Infrastructure service—
helps get your BladeSystem up and running with less disruption to
For more information your IT operations.
For more information about HP BladeSystem and • Enhanced Network Installation and Startup service—verifies correct
implementation of network protocols and provides access to
related solutions for your business, contact an HP advanced features that can enhance the performance, scalability
representative, your local HP Business Development and reliability of your network.
Partner or visit www.hp.com/go/bladesystem. • BladeSystem hardware support services—provide fast, reliable
problem resolution and are available for the ProLiant BL server
Have more questions? Our user community has answers. blade, BladeSystem SAN switches and StorageWorks tape blades.
• VMware Capacity Planning Assessment service—supports migration
Find a reseller, meet other users, get practical advice
planning and provides assessment of your current IT infrastructure.
and share your success. Visit the HP Blade Connect • Proactive BladeSystem service—delivers the reliability and
online community at www.hp.com/go/bladeconnect. operational efficiency your business needs to simplify management
and enhance performance.